other corrupt scoundrils no I will sware
by the Eternal God of Heaven shuch conduct
shall be stoped & shall not be permitted in
this camp for if they continue it I will
tell the Marshall what they the law is & they
shall be taken care of in a manner that
they will not whine And I will whip any
man that will sustain it for those that will
sustain it shall be whiped. And I prophecy
in the name of God such a man whether
old or young shall be bowed down with
sorrow & morning even more than this people
have. then stop before you further go &
not sport upon the brink of sorrow & morning
This people have the Law of Liberty & the
gospel & the more the light & liberty & greater
the privileges the stricter the Law. we are
going into the wilderness & shall we suffer such
things No I swear by the Eternal God such
things shall not be while brigham lives.
Br Kimball gave a good shot when He
said no man run into his waggon & swore
he would shut the Marshall if he come
after him except he was guilty of crime
no man is afraid except he is guilty. No
man need be afraid that does right. I defy
the world to say I have taken any mans right
but after we have been driven into the wilderness
we are still followed by men who sware they
will steal what they have in our midst, I sware
they shall not have it in our midst. Some
young Elders that never preached a sermon
in their lives are afraid that I shall have
more blessings than they, or more wives or
sumthing or other but let them go & preach
the world over as I have done in poverty
other corrupt scoundrils no I will sware
by the Eternal God of Heaven shuch conduct
shall be stoped & shall not be permitted in
this camp for if they continue it I will
tell the Marshall what the law is & they
shall be taken care of in a manner that
they will not whine and I will whip any
man that will sustain it for those that will
sustain it shall be whiped. And I prophecy
in the name of God such a man whether
old or young shall be bowed down with
sorrow & morning even more than this people
have. then stop before you further go &
not sport upon the brink of sorrow & morning
This people have the Law of Liberty & the
gospel & the more the light & liberty & greater
the privileges the stricter the Law. we are
going into the wilderness & shall we suffer such
things no I swear by the Eternal God such
things shall not be while brigham lives.
Br Kimball gave a good shot when he
said no man run into his waggon & swore
he would shut the Marshall if he come
after him except he was guilty of crime
no man is afraid except he is guilty. No
man need be afraid that does right. I defy
the world to say I have taken any mans right
but after we have been driven into the wilderness
we are still followed by men who sware they
will steal what they have in our midst, I sware
they shall not have it in our midst. Some
young Elders that never preached a sermon
in their lives are afraid that I shall have
more blessings than they, or more wives or
sumthing or other but let them go & preach
the world over as I have done in poverty
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